Jürgen Habermas is one of the most important German philosophers and social theorists of the 20th century. His work has been compared in scope with Max Weber's and in philosophical breadth to that of Kant and Hegel. This much-needed introduction engages with the full range of Habermas's philosophical work, and is a superb guide for anyone coming to his work for the first time.
Jürgen Habermas is one of the most important German philosophers and social theorists of the 20th century. His work has been compared in scope with Max Weber's and in philosophical breadth to that of Kant and Hegel. This much-needed introduction engages with the full range of Habermas's philosophical work, and is a superb guide for anyone coming to his work for the first time.
Kenneth Baynes is Professor of Philosophy at Syracuse University, USA. He works primarily in social and political philosophy, with a special focus in critical theory and modern and contemporary German philosophy. He is a co-editor of After Philosophy: End or Transformation? and Discourse and Democracy, and the author of The Normative Grounds of Social Criticism: Kant, Rawls and Habermas.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Life and Works 2. Habermas's Initial Attempts at a Critical Theory of Society 3. The Theory of Communicative Action: Habermas's Model of a Critical Social Science 4. Habermas's "Kantian Pragmatism" 5. Locating Discourse Morality 6. Democracy and the Rechtsstaat: Habermas's Between Facts and Norms 7. Deliberative Democracy, Public Reason, and Democracy Beyond the Nation-State 8. A "sobered" philosophy: Postmodernism, Postmetaphysical Thinking, and Postsecularism 9. Conclusion. Index
1. Life and Works 2. Habermas's Initial Attempts at a Critical Theory of Society 3. The Theory of Communicative Action: Habermas's Model of a Critical Social Science 4. Habermas's "Kantian Pragmatism" 5. Locating Discourse Morality 6. Democracy and the Rechtsstaat: Habermas's Between Facts and Norms 7. Deliberative Democracy, Public Reason, and Democracy Beyond the Nation-State 8. A "sobered" philosophy: Postmodernism, Postmetaphysical Thinking, and Postsecularism 9. Conclusion. Index
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